Anoushka Shankar features on Cosmopolitan

Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of the Indian Sitar player, Ravi Shankar, and Sukanya Rajan, a bank employee, has already carved her niche for her versatile talents as a writer, actor, composer and sitarist. She is the youngest and the only woman to receive House of Commons shield from British Parliament. She had her first solo recording to her credit at the young age of 17 with her own name ‘Anoushka’. She also became the youngest nominee for the Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album Category. She has also acted in a film named, ‘Dance Like a Man’, for which she was nominated as the best supporting actress in National Film Awards in the year 2003.This time Anoushka creates stir again as she looks gorgeous on the cover of the issue of Cosmopolitan India attired in a pink Cue by Rahul Khanna and Rohit Gandhi. Must say, the girl is a unique blend of talent, attitude and beauty!

Lovebirds Abhi-Ash to help lovebirds

PETA has always sought the help of Bollywood celebrities in its campaigns for creating awareness for animals. After they had roped in John Abraham to urge people to stop cruelty against birds, they have now approached the elite Indian couple Abhishek & Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to help them in creating awareness about lovebirds which are the most commonly sold birds in spite of being an endangered species.PETA wrote a letter to the Bachchan couple which read as, “As India’s most famous ‘lovebirds’, we believe that you are uniquely suited to help bring attention to the plight of these smart and sensitive birds. We would like to arrange a photo shoot with you for a ‘Love Birds in Cages’ ad to raise awareness about the issue.”The relation between PETA and Bachchan family is not new. Not only was Big B voted as India’s ”hottest vegetarian” three times by PETA supporters, Aishwarya had once written a letter to PETA on behalf of Baixinha, the endangered black rhino who is now thriving at South African’s SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary.

Shiney Ahuja case - Police reports confirm rape

Shiney Ahuja’s controversial rape case has taken everyone by shock. An additional key to the unsolved mystery is that according to the police reports on Monday, the DNA test reports have confirmed Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja had raped his domestic maid even as he moved a court for bail. The victim is from Roha in Raigad district and her medical examination shows injury in private parts and also the blood and urine samples of Ahuja said that he was not under alcohol or drugs when he committed the crime.According to the Additional Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta, “The DNA report has confirmed rape of the victim. The report has corroborated the allegations in the FIR that the actor had raped his domestic help.”After the remand from court on rape charges on June 14, the actor is lodged in Arthur Road central jail in Mumbai. Shiney has moved a sessions court for bail contending he was not required for interrogation and all tests have concluded.The medical report of Ahuja had also shown an abrasion on his hand and the reports of the forensic tests of the nail samples of the victim is pending.

star studded Kambakkht Ishq press meet

Exclusive pictures from star studded Kambakkht Ishq press meetKambakkht Ishq that is expected to do big as assured by its makers, however, had a star studded press meet attended by celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Kareena Kapoor and no doubt big and tall Akshay Kumar was also at the meet to promote the movie. According to Kareena Kapoor, ‘Kambakkht Ishq’ is a “power-packed film which is going to rock today and tomorrow”. However in meantime, watch some pictures from the press conference. under Actors, Actress, Bollywood, Desi Hot Babes, Events, Fans, Gossip, Hot girls, Item Girl, Movie, News, Pictures, Premiere [ 1 Comment ] Comment (1) Time : 11:20 am on 07.03.

Sex-tapes of MTV Roadies’ contestant Tamanna doing rounds on the net

MTV Roadies, though a very popular show, is known for vulgarity and offending language and acts. Now, this is a latest addition to its image. Apparently, a 37-seconds long sex video featuring ‘Roadies 5’ participant Tamanna is doing on the internet and mobiles and websites like Rapidshare and Easyshare. . The girl in the video is seen wearing the same neck-piece around her neck that Tamanna wears.Tamanna, a young participant from Chandigarh could not reach the finals but gained enough popularity due to her linkup with fellow participant Nauman, and also for her catfights with other contestant, Palak. Now, Tamanna is blaming Palak for this and says that the girl in the video is not she. She also goes on to say that another sex video featuring Palak and Bobby (another contestant) can be found on the net. To this, Palak replied, , “If you find my sex clip, publish it”. Palak has worked in some Punjabi videos and was also seen with Akshay Kumar in the song ‘Bhootnikey’ from ‘Singh Is Kinng’.

Glamour and comedy promised at Lux Comedy Honors 2009

Lux Comedy Honors 2009 results will be announced today on Star Gold. The event has the host Sajid Khan giving the audience a taste of his witty humor. The award for Rising Actor with Comic Excellence will be given to Ranbir Kapoor and Rising Actress with Comic Excellence awarded to Deepika Padukone. Minissha Lamba will present the award to Riteish Deshmukh for Male Performer with Comic Excellence. Kirron Kher gets the award for Female Performer with Comic Excellence. Katrina Kaif receives the Lead Actress with Comic Excellence award and Saif Ali Khan gets it for the Lead Actor with Comic Excellence.

The entertainment industry grieves at the loss of Michael Jackson

The music and glamour world suffered a grave loss in the late afternoon hours of this Thursday on the 25th of June as it witnessed the death of 50 years old legendary star Michael Jackson. He breathed his last at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. His death probably took place due to an overdose of drugs followed by a cardiac arrest.There was large scale mourning on the death of this superstar with people gathering at Harlem, Apollo Theatre and Times Square in New York, his home town of Gary, Indiana and everywhere else in the country. Jackson was preparing for an epic 50-concert program in London, the first of which was on July , but now the star will never be seen performing again.Michael Jackson was born on Aug. 29, 1958 in Gray, Indiana. He started his musical career with his brothers, at the age of 11. His greatest creation which tasted the highest success was his album ‘Thriller’ in 1982. By touching a record sale of 65 million copies it has been the highest selling album of all time and is still going.

Mona Singh is all praises for Aamir Khan as a co-star

Rajkumar Hirani’s multistarrer project ‘3 Idiots’ is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘Five Point Someone’ and stars Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, R. Madhavan, Sharman Joshi, Mona Singh and Boman Irani. Mona Singh is especially excited about the project because it is definitely a big silver screen debut for her to appear alongside perfectionist Aamir Khan in her first venture.
Mona was initially very inhibitive about working with Aamir but the actor eased her up soon. Describing her experience of working with Aamir Khan, Mona says, “It was really nice. Initially I had my qualms about him but then the director of the film told me to meet Aamir once before starting the shoot.”
“I was shooting for Filmfare and Aamir was there for his movie. It was a week’s time for me to start with the project with him. I was confused and didn’t know what to say but I broke the ice after meeting him. Aamir also said that he has seen my show Jassi and liked my work. He is very down to earth and nice person,” she added.

Shiney Ahuja arrested on the charge of rape of house maid

Gangster famed Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was arrested on Monday morning by Mumbai police on the rape charges of his domestic help after medical test of the house maid confirmed of the sexual assault. He has been charged with sections of IPC for rape (376), criminal intimidation (506) and wrongful confinement (342) and is to be produced before magistrate’s court as told by police officials. He was detained for questioning at Oshiwara police station.
According to additional commissioner of police Amitabh Gupta, the 18 year old maid who was working with Ahuja for one and a half months “She approached the Oshiwara police at around 7 pm and told the police that Ahuja had raped her,”
She told the police, actor’s wife was not at home. “He took me into his bedroom, gagged and raped me,” it is alleged to been said in the FIR. The incident took place between 3 pm and 5 pm on Sunday. “The complainant told the police that she was traumatised after the incident and went to her relatives’ place that along with the girl then approached the police station,” told DCP Niket Kaushik.
Immediately after the complaint was registered, the girl was sent to the Nagpada police hospital for a medical checkup on late Sunday night. And other police team was sent to the Ahuja’s flat and detained him for enquiry.
Mahesh Bhatt, who produced Gangster for Shiny Ahuja, said, “This is a body blow to me. I spoke to a top police official who told me that he was informed by his juniors at Oshiwara that Shiny claimed that he had sex with the consent of the maid. However, she has claimed that she was forced into it. The police officer added that they had to accept the woman’s version. I had spoken to Shiny only yesterday. If he is found guilty of rape, we have to condemn him.”

Now on Mumbaites would have star ride

It was too much hype for the new taxi to be launched in Mumbai as far as in matter of comfort that Bollywood star Sunil Shetty graced the launch of Mumbai Taxi Company’s Star Taxi in Mumbai. It is an upgrade to the typical taxi. New Taxis are very comfortable in terms of seating with a promise of a smooth ride. Now on Mumbaites would have better taxi ride.